Lewis Henry Little

Lewis Henry Little (19 March 1817-19 September 1862) was a Brigadier-General of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He commanded the 1st Division of the Army of Mississippi under Earl Van Dorn, and he was killed at the Battle of Iuka.

Biography
Lewis Henry Little was born in Baltimore, Maryland on 19 March 1817, and he graduated from West Point in 1839 to become a lieutenant in the US Army. Little was promoted to captain in 1847 after fighting at Monterrey during the Mexican-American War, only to resign his commission in 1861 to join the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. On 18 May 1861, he was promoted to Colonel, and he became acting commander of Sterling Price's division during the Battle of Pea Ridge in 1862. Little caught malaria after the fighting at Corinth, but he was given command of the 1st Division of the Army of Mississippi. On 19 September 1862, he was struck in the head by a Union bullet while sitting on his horse behind his army's lines, killing him.